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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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